Well, according to your comments anyway. “If there was a smartphone company who perfected the use of plastic for their devices, it would be Samsung,” you said. “I’m still using mine,” you said. “I am still using my S5 … I’ve had this sucker for over 4 years now, it is durable – yes it is in an Otterbox with a tempered Zagg screen protector but it has survived hundreds (maybe over a thousand by now) of drops,” you told us.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority It feels like Android has been a power player since the first smartphones were launched, but this wasn’t actually the case. Prior to Android’s adoption and the launch of the iPhone, smartphones were powered by the likes of Windows Mobile, Nokia’s Symbian, Palm OS, and BlackBerry OS. But all that changed with the formation of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) on this very day back in 2007.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Fitness devices are getting more and more powerful every year. Companies such as Garmin, Fitbit, Samsung, and others are always adding new features to their devices that keep track of everything from simple step counts to potentially detecting sleep apnea. It’s actually crazy how much these little computers can keep track of throughout the day. But should you trust your wearable to report all those numbers accurately?

Ryan-Thomas Shaw / Android Authority Among the OnePlus 8 Pro’s best features is support for Warp Charge 30 wireless charging. This proprietary wireless charging tech from OnePlus only works with a specific wireless charger from the company. In exchange, you have 30W wireless charging that can hit 50% charge in just 30 minutes, according to OnePlus. That’s just a fraction slower than the wired version of Warp Charge 30, which hits 50% in 23 minutes.

David Imel / Android Authority The Asus ROG Phone 3 houses a gargantuan 6,000mAh battery which is one of the largest on the market to date, and with good reason. The handset packs in a powerhouse Snapdragon 865 Plus processor, a zippy 144Hz AMOLED display, and is tasked with keeping gamers juiced up for those long play sessions. The ROG Phone 3 is purpose-built to offer high performance and still last a full day of heavy use.

If you’ve picked the Apple Watch as your primary health tracking device, you’ve made an excellent choice. It’s well regarded by us as one of the best smartwatches, running watches, and heart rate monitors you can buy. But if you just purchased an Apple Watch and haven’t quite figured out how to initiate a workout, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll explain how you can start a workout on the Apple Watch.

When people speak or sing into a microphone, it’s never a sure thing that those on the receiving end of the audio will be able to understand what’s being said. If it’s in a video call, both parties are speaking the same language and there’s a mutual understanding. When you watch a video, however, sometimes the audio is in a different language or the dialect is slightly different. Things may come out a little jumbled, and the original meaning may not come across clearly.

KaiOS has quietly become a global powerhouse in the mobile industry, bridging the gap between feature phones and smartphones. The so-called smart feature platform is designed for phones with a physical keypad and more modest specs than even Android Go devices. So how does a KaiOS phone hold up compared to an Android smartphone? I was given an MTN Smart S, which is a ~$17 KaiOS handset that’s just launched in Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and several other African markets.

TL;DR Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL owners are reporting swollen batteries and rear covers popping off. Some users have been able to get replacement devices out of warranty, while others aren’t so lucky. Swollen batteries are a serious matter in the gadget space, but we usually only see this phenomenon happen on old devices. Unfortunately, it looks like the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are suffering from this problem too.

It was inevitable that in 2020 we would see flagship devices with 16GB of RAM. With phones like the OnePlus 7T Pro and the Asus ROG Phone 2, and others, making the leap from 8GB to 12GB in 2019, it really was just a matter of time before 16GB became an option. And here we are: The top model of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra has 16GB of RAM. 16GB RAM sounds nice, and it will certainly give you bragging rights among tech-heads, but do you actually need it?